Beernik
Well-Known Member
In the words of Zul'jin, "Code Monkey" showed up at my house today.
My brother-in-law is visiting his wife's family in Hong Kong. They left about 3 weeks ago and will be gone until September. I've had his car parked in front of my house ever since.
It seems I have a dick neighbor who called code enforcement and complained. When I got home from work tonight, there was a warning ticket about it being illegal to park a car on the street without moving it for more than 24 hours.
The kicker is: I actually drove it yesterday. I started thinking, "If the car isn't driven for 4 months, the tires are going to be warped and the seals will deteriorate. I would have done it a week ago, but BIL parked with the tank empty and I was in a hurry and didn't have time to stop for gas.
It's an old Honda Passport and the thing has personality. Only 3 of the 4 doors open. It has a scratchy tape deck. The interior is covered in dust. It hates starting uphill. I thought I was going to drop the transmission out of it a couple times.
I enjoyed driving it. It's been a few years since I've had a car that gave me the thrill of "Will this thing break down and leave me stranded somewhere?" I kind of miss that.
Two things really irritate me about this: 1) I've lived in my house 11 years. Most of my neighbors have lived in their houses longer than me. You would think dick neighbor would have talked to me first. That's cowardly. 2) the warning ticket doesn't have a phone number for me to call and say, "Hey, I drove the f-ing car yesterday." That's really damn cowardly of code enforcement.
So, it looks like I'll be doing the NYC parking thing and moving my car from one side of the street to the other side every day so dick neighbor can see that "the car has moved today."
I've considered taking two weeks and parking the car in front of every single house on my block so everyone can get a taste of "the car has moved today."
Thankfully, I'm working from home tomorrow so that if Code Monkey comes back I can fling poo at him.
My brother-in-law is visiting his wife's family in Hong Kong. They left about 3 weeks ago and will be gone until September. I've had his car parked in front of my house ever since.
It seems I have a dick neighbor who called code enforcement and complained. When I got home from work tonight, there was a warning ticket about it being illegal to park a car on the street without moving it for more than 24 hours.
The kicker is: I actually drove it yesterday. I started thinking, "If the car isn't driven for 4 months, the tires are going to be warped and the seals will deteriorate. I would have done it a week ago, but BIL parked with the tank empty and I was in a hurry and didn't have time to stop for gas.
It's an old Honda Passport and the thing has personality. Only 3 of the 4 doors open. It has a scratchy tape deck. The interior is covered in dust. It hates starting uphill. I thought I was going to drop the transmission out of it a couple times.
I enjoyed driving it. It's been a few years since I've had a car that gave me the thrill of "Will this thing break down and leave me stranded somewhere?" I kind of miss that.
Two things really irritate me about this: 1) I've lived in my house 11 years. Most of my neighbors have lived in their houses longer than me. You would think dick neighbor would have talked to me first. That's cowardly. 2) the warning ticket doesn't have a phone number for me to call and say, "Hey, I drove the f-ing car yesterday." That's really damn cowardly of code enforcement.
So, it looks like I'll be doing the NYC parking thing and moving my car from one side of the street to the other side every day so dick neighbor can see that "the car has moved today."
I've considered taking two weeks and parking the car in front of every single house on my block so everyone can get a taste of "the car has moved today."
Thankfully, I'm working from home tomorrow so that if Code Monkey comes back I can fling poo at him.